Clinical Psychology

Permanent URI for this collection

https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/84

Browse

Browsing Clinical Psychology by Author "Abou Naccoul, Diana E."

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    The Relationship Between Sexual Assertiveness, Sexual Satisfaction, Sexual Function and Sexual Distress among Women in Lebanon
    (2014) Abou Naccoul, Diana E.
    Few studies have looked over the subject of women's sexual satisfaction and the factors affecting it, in particular sexual assertiveness that consists of expressing preferred sexual behavior to the partner and initiating the sexual activity (Shafer, 1977). Focusing on such a factor will highlight other aspects including women’s sexual distress and sexual function that can be affected by the level of assertiveness and satisfaction indicated in a heterogeneous relationship (Hayes et al, 2008). This current study aimed at measuring how women’s assertiveness in the Lebanese society influenced their sexual satisfaction, sexual distress and function during the sexual activity in order to assist women presenting with sexual distress in a clinical setting and encourage them to express their sexual needs regardless of the societal image of passive sexuality they were placed into (McCormick, 1994). Four different scales were utilized to measure the different variables put into question on 120 sexually active Lebanese women ranging between the ages of 18 and 45 chosen from a convenient sample. The Index of Sexual Satisfaction (Hudson, 1992), the Sexual Assertiveness Scale for Women (Morokoff, 1997), the Female Sexual Distress Scale (Dirogatis et al. 2002) and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) (Rosen et al., 2000) were used to measure sexual satisfaction, sexual assertiveness, sexual distress and sexual function respectively. The findings indicated the effect of sexual assertiveness on the women's sexual function in particular their desire to initiate sexual behavior, as well as the relationships that existed between sexual satisfaction and sexual function and the negative association between distress and function.